The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that public employers in member states can ban workers from wearing any visible signs of religious belief, including Islamic headscarf, marking a blow to the freedom of religion of millions of....
Read More »Fatimah al-Zahra (ʻA) At Her Father’s Side
Fatima (615 – 632 A.D.), mother of the Imams (ع), is the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ص) by his first wife, Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid, may the Almighty be pleased with her. Fatima was born in Mecca on a Friday, the 20th of Jumada II in the fifth year after the declaration of the Prophetic message which corresponds, according to the.....
Read More »Turkey Hosts World Halal Summit, Halal Expo
The four-day event, with the theme "A Gateway to the Global Halal Economy: Unveiling the Potentials," features 500 leading companies from 45 countries....
Read More »Religious Training of Children
In today’s society, a lot of emphasis is placed on secular education. A child is pushed to strive for excellence in academics. A college or University education is a necessity, both for boys and girls. Education is indeed very important, but the significance of religious education for a...
Read More »Young Americans Turning to Qur’an to Understand the Incredible Resilience, Faith, Moral of Palestinians
Young American are turning to the Qur’an to understand the incredible resilience, faith, moral strength and character they see in Muslim Palestinians....
Read More »Call for Papers: Historical and Contemporary Migrations of Central Asian Muslims: History, Culture and Identity
The Institute of Ismaili Studies announces the call for papers for our upcoming conference on Central Asia (CA), a vast geographical area stretching from Western China to Caucasus in the west and from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan in the...
Read More »Job Opening: PhD Student in Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire
As a doctoral researcher at Ghent University, you will join the ERC-Starting Grant project ‘Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1650 (OTTOWAQF)’, under the supervision of the...
Read More »Muslim Countries Should Cut Political Ties with Zionist Regime: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Iran Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has called on Muslim countries to sever political ties with the Israeli regime for "at least a limited period of time" amid the occupying entity’s ongoing genocide in the....
Read More »Tears to Heaven: Remembrance of Karbala in Kashmiri Marsiya (Elegy)
The paper traces the origin of the Kashmiri marsiya (elegy) and its role in enshrining the memory of Karbala in Kashmiri Shia community.....
Read More »Caliphate and Imamate: An Anthology of Medieval Muslim Texts on Political Theology
This volume offers an engaging introduction to the diverse writings of influential scholars representing six classical Islamic schools of theology: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and....
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